The young woman sat proudly, firmly placing her hand below her chin to profile her face. Colorful silk fabric was neatly wrapped around her chest, while the studio light and golden backdrop bathed her gently oiled skin. Small circular tribal markings were tattooed on her upper body. Her neck and wrists were adorned with layers of beaded jewelry. Just…
It was a fashion show that stopped traffic. On one of the largest cable bridges in southern Africa, hundreds of the fashion elite had gathered around midnight to watch David Tlale’s highly anticipated fall 2011 show. To commemorate the occasion, Mr. Tlale shut down the Nelson Mandela Bridge, turning the busy roadway into a runway. Ninety-two models, one for…
When a woman recently landed up at the offices of Adom TV here, the staff were not quite expecting the gift she bore: a cow — a small token of gratitude for airing, in the local language Twi, the Indian TV serial “Kumkum Bhagya“. The Zee TV soap, which tells the story of Sarla Arora, a Punjabi matriarch who…
Award winning gospel musician Gifty Osei can’t fathom why Ghanaians cannot see gospel musicians as human beings who have blood running through their veins. The ‘Aseda’ hitmaker says every gospel musician has got feelings but Ghanaians don’t expect gospel artistes to have one; not to talk of expressing it. Pouring her heartfelt message on social media, the Empress, as…
Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo, an ace actor and comedian, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of attempt to commit migrant smuggling and fraud when he made his second appearance before an Accra Circuit Court. Agya Koo, sweating profusely in the dock, was admitted to a fresh bail term of GHc 20,000.00 to reappear before court…
In the ’80s and ’90s, artists were charged with making films seem as lurid and enticing as possible, regardless of plot. When Frank Armah began painting posters for Ghanaian movie theaters in the mid-1980s, he was given a clear mandate: Sell as many tickets as possible. If the movie was gory, the poster should be gorier (skulls, blood, skulls…
Kwame Boateng, Kofi Siriboe, Kwesi Boakye better known as The K Brothers, are poised to be this generation’s most talented set of acting siblings to emerge in Hollywood. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the brothers are first generation Ghanaians, from West Africa, and the great grandson of a highly respected Ghanaian King of the Juaben / Ashanti…
For almost two years Cycil Jones Abban, now 37, managed a pharmacy and spent his nights animating. Like the cartoonist Batman of Ghana’s capital, Accra, Abban started by working from his home, and eventually, he became the head of his own studio, Parables Animation Studios (pictured at top). The movies and shorts that Parables creates breathe life into classic…
Nigeria music star, 2Face is not so happy that he had kids with multiple women. If wishes were horses, he would have had all kids with one woman. However, this doesn’t mean that he is not standing up to his responsibilities or making sure that everyone is happy. He confessed “It is really tough to talk about it. Honestly,…
